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* Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity. * Believing isn't Seeing, Seeing is Believing. * Borrow money from pessimists They won't expect it back. * Expect the worst, Hope for the best. * Fat people are more difficult to kidnap * Few women admit their age. Few men act theirs. * Good friends are like stars -- you don't always see them, but you know they are always there. * Government philosophy: If it ain't broke, fix it 'til it is. * If practice makes perfect, and nobody is perfect, then why practice?
politics, but also in everyday life. They come up with a specific goal that everyone pursues so they would get people's support, respect and commitment. In addition to get people under someone's control by telling them lies, it is in human nature to use specific attributes for their own benefit. In the book Napoleon took advantage of the fact that he was smarter and more astute than the other animals. He exploited their trust and their stupidity. Napoleon made other animals do loads of work, saying that pigs should not burden themselves with working, as they have to do all the thinking. Although animals were very tired and Napoleon had sold much of their food for money, they were still happy. They believed that as long as life develops and prospers, everything is good. They considered every word that Napoleon said to be true and Napoleon used it for his own good. It is also very common in today's
Leon grows tired of waiting and, believing that he can never possess Emma, departs to study law in Paris. His departure makes Emma miserable. Soon, at an agricultural fair, a wealthy neighbor named Rodolphe, who is attracted by Emma's beauty, declares his love to her. He seduces her, and they begin having a passionate affair. Emma is often indiscreet, and the townspeople all gossip about her. Charles, however, suspects nothing. His adoration for his wife and his stupidity combine to blind him to her indiscretions. His professional reputation, meanwhile, suffers a severe blow when he and Homais attempt an experimental surgical technique to treat a club-footed man named Hippolyte and end up having to call in another doctor to amputate the leg. Disgusted with her husband's incompetence, Emma throws herself even more passionately into her affair with Rodolphe. She borrows money to buy him gifts and suggests that they run off together and take little Berthe with them
world, but since they do not like the madness and capitalist attitudes in other countries, they chose my kinda town for living because there they will still have the capacity to write or create their own things to offer the world but being there they will not have to confront the harsh reality full of stupidity and backward attitudes. They have their public lives outside town but this is a place to stay. This is a place of a well-kept secret where everyone feels safe and fine. Government: The government is a pure democracy: the way it should be but not the way it is promoted in the rest of the world
· BABYSIT-babysitter · LIAISE-liaison · ENTHUSE- enthusiasm · ACT-action · QUALIFY-qualifized, qualification · INTEND-intendable · EXTEND-extension, · ACCURATE-accuracy · COMPREHEND-comprehensible · DEPEND-dependent KERMO MAISTE · LONG- Length, lengthen · HARD-harden · HOT- heat · SPELL-spelling · MUSIC-musician, musical · ACCIDENT-accidently · ELECT,DISCUSS-election,discussion · STUPID, SIMILAR- stupidity,similarity · EXIST-existence · APPLY-applicate · AGREE-disagree · DONATE-donation · HAPPY-happiness · ACTIVE-interactive, activity · OPTIC-optician · DESTROY-destoying · SHY-shyness · ARROGANT-arrogance · IMPRESS-impression, impressive · ADDICT-addictive · MORAL-morality · REFUGE-refugee · OBESE-obessety · CURIOUS-incurious · GENEROUS-generously,generate, ungenerous · COMPETENT-competitive, competition, · FANATICAL- fanatically, · INTEGRATE-integrated
free men. We deny the eqality of our common humanity. Vandalism. The worsest vice, because the most senseless, peculiar to our own time has been the destructive vandalism with which we have treated our physical heritage in our town and country. The period between the two European wars will stand out as one of the most destructive epochs in our history. The land is strewn with the wreckage of what was once beautiful. In point of fact the crime has been made possibly more by stupidity than by wickedness. Three-quarters of the damage could have been avoided without diminishing the national housing programme by a single jerry-built villa. The destructiveness must be checked. Lack of imagination. Imagination is the power to see what is not there, to experience what has not yet come to be, to walk in the past or in the future. The English people have little time for visions, they have no leisure in which to dream. The man in the street must see a society
1. A generalist is ignorant from the point of view of a specialist and a specialist is stupid from the point of view of a generalist. 2. All great stupidity is created by geniuses. 3. All stereotypes are true; the fact that you recognize a slur proves that it isn't. 4. Anything you're afraid is true is true. 5. Before most people get to the point of being able to tell their ass from a hole in the ground they're already assholes and it's too late. 6. Concentrating on something important can make you lose track of your soap opera. 7. Debunking the bunk is everyone's responsibility. 8. Don't ask me to pay for anyone else's mistakes
Sõprus on pärl, mis midagi ei maksa, kuid paljugi väärt on! A good friend can tell you what is the matter with you in a minute. He may not seem such a good friend after telling. My mother used to say that there are no strangers, only friends you haven't met yet. I always like to know everything about my new friends, and nothing about my old ones. Friends have all things in common. The only thing that lasts longer than a friend's love is the stupidity that keeps us from knowing any better. There isn't much better in this life than finding a way to spend a few hours in conversation with people you respect and love. You have to carve this time out of your life because you aren't really living without it. The friendship that can cease has never been real. Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate. Sageli kujutab sõpruski võrrandit, milles on oma tundmatu ja muutuja. Sõprus on muutuv suurus. Mõtte ühtsus loob sõpruse.
The total money that Africans have in Swiss bank accounts could be more than 25% of the total money left in Swiss banks. When the dictator, Mobutu Sese Seko, died having stolen more than $6 billion from his impoverished country and deposited the money in Swiss Banks, the Swiss stole the money. As of today, they continue to insult our intelligence by insisting that Mobutu left only $7 million in Swiss banks. Everywhere you look in Africa, it is the intelligence of the Caucasian versus the stupidity of the Blackman. It is stupidity versus intelligence. You know the difference between the war in Kosovo and all the African wars? The difference is that the Serbians are able to manufacture whatever equipment they use to execute their wars, while Africans depend on Europeans, Russians, Japanese and Americans to supply them with military equipment. In Serbia, as soon as the bombings are over, the people have
.. I would die. *To fall in love is awfully simple; to fall out of love is simply awful. *Love is like heaven, but it can hurt like hell. *I never felt true love until I was with you, and I never felt true sadness until you left me. *Im no angel, but Ive spread my wings a bit. *I hope life isnt a joke, because I dont get it. *Flying is simple. You just throw yourself at the ground and miss. *Most people are only alive because it is illegal to shoot them. *All people have the right to stupidity but some abuse the privilege. *One teardrop can mean everything! ;( *If your heart was a prison, I would like to be sentenced for life. *Let make it short and simple, I love you. *Most pictures may be worth a thousand words, but a picture of you needs only one! Wow! *They say Disney world is the happiest place on earth, obviously they havent been in your arms. *The best thing about me is .You. *~When I first saw you I was afraid to talk to you,
These examples show that adherent connotation may be positive (brainless) or negative (students, schoolteachers). The type of context is important for creating adherent connotations. Negative connotation 1 The sentence may contain grammatical negotiation (has not) e.g science (neg.meaning) hasn't got a soul. Can't help itself. 2 The closeness of words with inherent negative connotations. Adj: obscene, corrupt, filthy, vulgar, ignorant Verbs: hate, opress, loath Nouns: stupidity, vice, fool, etc e.g I saw myself as Hummy would see me, uneducated and vulgar and working-class. (neutral) 3 The neighbourhood of vulgar words: e.g And you couldn't forget your bloody principles for one night. 4 With the use of certain intensifiers: merely, only, too, too much, horribly, perfectly, even, so. e.g They were too clean, too neatly arranged, too new. 5 Repetition of a word in a sentence, e.g You are sitting here, comfortably preaching about it
3 1 T ... the question of life and death as Jumping Jack Cash, whose 3 1 However many times you ask me, has always preoccupied mankind foolish exploits you may have the answer is still going to be No! 2 F he is mortal heard about. 2 Whoever arrives at the station 3 F ... not only because of his 2 The scene of his stupidity was first will buy the tickets. exploits, but because the Greek the Grand Canyon, to which 3 Whenever he speaks to her he ideas of heroism, courage and thousands of tourists flock every blushes. loyalty are still valid today. year. 4 Whatever she wears, she always 4 T Burdened with the 3 The canyon contains some looks chic
powerfully as through the return movement – stillness, Being, and dissolution of form. Until now, human intelligence, which is no more than a minute aspect of universal intelligence, has been distorted and misused by the ego. I call that “intelligence n the service of madness.” Splitting the atom requires great intelligence. Using that intelligence for building and stockpiling atom bombs is insane or at best extremely unintelligent. Stupidity is relatively harmless, but intelligent stupidity is highly dangerous. This intelligent stupidity, for which one could find countless obvious examples, is threatening our survival as a species. Without he impairment of egoic dysfunction, our intelligence comes into full alignment with the outgoing cycle of universal intelligence and its impulse to create. We become conscious participants in the creation of form.
him accidentally in the lane. But little had she dared to hope that so much love and eloquence awaited her there. In as short a time as Mr. Collins's long speeches would allow, everything was settled between them to the satisfaction of both; and as they entered the house he earnestly entreated her to name the day that was to make him the happiest of men; and though such a solicitation must be waived for the present, the lady felt no inclination to trifle with his happiness. The stupidity with which he was favoured by nature must guard his courtship from any charm that could make a woman wish for its continuance; and Miss Lucas, who accepted him solely from the pure and disinterested desire of an establishment, cared not how soon that establishment were gained. Sir William and Lady Lucas were speedily applied to for their consent; and it was bestowed with a most joyful alacrity. Mr. Collins's present circumstances made it a most
collar, yanked him out, and said something to the effect of, "Listen here, you son of a bitch. If you don't shut the hell up, a man twice your age is going to whip your ass right out here in front of I-4 traffic. Just dare me." Within five seconds Arnold had apologized, got back in the car, and was a perfect gentlemen for the next three or four days. Jones was more frequently pissed off than anything else. He was infuriated by what he considered stupidity in every corner of the exercise science world, and he channeled this anger into defying the odds. This included putting 63.21 pounds on champion bodybuilder Casey Viator in 28 days and putting himself on the Forbes 400 list by founding and selling exercise equipment manufacturer Nautilus, which was estimated to have grossed $300 million per year at its zenith. He had no patience for fuzzy thinking in elds that depended on scienti c clarity. In response